Did you happen to notice that our Christmas tree only has white lights on it? We usually decorate with colored lights, but Mal insisted on white this year. I let him have his way (pick your battles, right?), but I definitely prefer colored lights on the Christmas tree.

I’m hosting a holiday recipe contest over on Trading Up Downtown to win one of my favorite cookbooks and a whole bunch of festive goodies! All you have to do is enter a holiday-inspired recipe with two ingredients “traded-up.” Click over to check out the details!

Here’s a serious question for Friday morning: do you prefer white lights or colored lights for the holidays?

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